Cosmogenic Nuclide Laboratory and Geomorphology Research Group

Facilities we use for cosmogenic sample preparation

We use several different facilities to prepare samples for cosmogenic
nuclide analysis. Rocks and sediment are washed, ground, sieved and
magnetically separated in a shared departmental facility on the first
floor of Delehanty Hall. Samples are then moved to the mineral separation
laboratory on the third floor where repeated acid etching, density
separation, and combustion produce pure quartz. After these preparatory processes, the clean quartz
moves across the hall to our clean facility where it is dissolved,
elements of interest are isolated and targets are made. Once we are done
with samples, they are inventoried and transported to our storage
facility.

Click below to learn more about and see pictures of our various facilities.